The eland and the oryx revisited: body and brain temperatures of free-living animals

International Congress Series

Volumn 1275, Issue , 2004, Pages 275-282

  Fuller, A ^a   Maloney, S K ^a,b   Mitchell, G ^a,c   Mitchell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Free living; Heterothermy; Selective brain cooling; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644443836     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.092     Document Type: Article

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